Introduction to Political Science - Pre Exam Obj
  • 1. Political science is mainly the study of the __.
A) market
B) family
C) state
D) school
  • 2. Who defined politics as “who gets what, when and how”?
A) Aristotle
B) David Easton
C) Harold Lasswell
D) Karl Marx
  • 3. The authoritative allocation of values was defined by __.
A) Garner
B) Plato
C) Hobbes
D) Easton
  • 4. Political science begins and ends with the state according to __.
A) Gilchrist
B) Locke
C) Garner
D) Janet
  • 5. Politics mainly deals with __.
A) education
B) power and authority
C) trade
D) religion
  • 6. The study of political institutions is known as __ approach.
A) Marxist
B) traditional
C) institutional
D) behavioural
  • 7. Which approach focuses on human political behaviour?
A) Traditional
B) Behavioural
C) Systems
D) Historical
  • 8. The systems approach is associated with __.
A) Easton
B) Plato
C) Marx
D) Lasswell
  • 9. Liberalism, socialism and communism are examples of __.
A) institutions
B) laws
C) ideologies
D) cultures
  • 10. Power, authority and legitimacy are __ in political science.
A) concepts
B) cultures
C) institutions
D) ideologies
  • 11. The executive, legislature and judiciary are __.
A) political thoughts
B) political institutions
C) political cultures
D) political parties
  • 12. Elections and law making are examples of political __.
A) culture
B) processes
C) systems
D) ideologies
  • 13. Citizenship refers to __.
A) voting in elections
B) paying tax
C) legal membership of a state
D) living in a country
  • 14. Political culture means people’s __ towards politics.
A) religion
B) wealth
C) language
D) attitudes and beliefs
  • 15. Globalization concerns the __ among countries.
A) isolation
B) relationships
C) traditions
D) conflicts only
  • 16. The supreme law of the land is the __.
A) manifesto
B) constitution
C) decree
D) policy
  • 17. Constitutionalism means __ government power.
A) increasing
B) ignoring
C) removing
D) limiting
  • 18. Which method compares political systems of different countries?
A) Historical
B) Comparative
C) Observational
D) Statistical
  • 19. Watching political behaviour in real life is the __ method.
A) comparative
B) observational
C) experimental
D) survey
  • 20. The historical method studies __.
A) past political events
B) economic data
C) future predictions
D) present events only
  • 21. Plato and Aristotle are known for their political __.
A) institutions
B) parties
C) systems
D) thoughts
  • 22. Marxist approach focuses mainly on __.
A) class struggle and economy
B) law
C) culture
D) religion
  • 23. Survey method involves __.
A) asking questions to people
B) experiments
C) guessing
D) observation only
  • 24. The behavioural approach developed in the __ century.
A) 15th
B) 18th
C) 20th
D) 10th
  • 25. Political parties are part of political __.
A) cultures
B) ideologies
C) thoughts
D) institutions
  • 26. Sovereignty means __.
A) sharing power
B) voting rights
C) foreign rule
D) supreme power of the state
  • 27. Democracy is a system where __.
A) kings rule
B) judges rule
C) soldiers rule
D) people rule
  • 28. The study of politics through laws and philosophy is the __ approach.
A) traditional
B) systems
C) survey
D) behavioural
  • 29. AU and ECOWAS are examples of __ organizations.
A) international
B) local
C) private
D) national
  • 30. Ideology is a set of __ about government.
A) beliefs and ideas
B) buildings
C) rules only
D) punishments
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